Patents by Inventor Klaus Schuller

Klaus Schuller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Bearing mount of the steering column tube of a telescoping steering column
    Patent number: 5363717
    Abstract: This invention relates to the bearing mount of the steering column tube (1) of a telescoping steering column in which the steering column tube (1) is supported in a housing (2) on the body with axial mobility. To produce a bearing mount without play, the steering column tube (1) is mounted to move axially in the housing (2) in a bearing bushing (3) slotted in the longitudinal direction and made of a nonmetallic material, with this bearing bushing (3) being supported on an outer contour (5) conical in cross section with frictional adhesion against an inner cone (6) of the housing (2) under axial spring load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Lemforder Metallwaren AG
    Inventors: Raimund Eichholz, Klaus Schuller